Babies with ADHD can be quite annoying at times, as they are constantly moving around and unable to keep up. Especially for elementary school students, being unable to sit still during class can be very distressing for teachers. What are the symptoms of ADHD in children?
1. Pay attention to obstacles
Children with disabilities have difficulty concentrating and often give up halfway through tasks, even when playing games. Any audio-visual stimuli in the environment can distract their attention. After entering primary school, the symptoms of the sick child become more apparent in the classroom. They always look around and are absent-minded while sitting in the classroom, and the time they concentrate on listening is very short. Whether they are reading comics or watching TV, they can only sit still for a moment before standing up and walking.
2. Excessive activity
Children with disabilities often have a high level of physical activity from a young age, and some may even be particularly active during fetal development. With the development of physical functions after birth, it becomes more restless. After learning to walk, I don't like sitting anymore. After learning to climb stairs, I keep climbing up and down. After entering kindergarten, these children are also unable to sit on small stools for the normal required time. At school, most children increase their restrictions on their own activities due to constraints, and children with ADHD exhibit more pronounced hyperactivity.
During class, they kept fidgeting and even stood up and walked around the classroom without permission. As soon as school was over, he rushed out of the school like a sharp arrow. Such children walk and bounce around, rummage through boxes and cabinets at home, and are constantly busy. Even when they sleep at night, they often flip over, grind their teeth, and talk in their sleep. About half of children with ADHD will experience motor dissonance, unable to perform fine movements such as button tying and shoelace tying, and not know how to use scissors. Additionally, strabismus may also occur; Behavioral characteristics such as unclear pronunciation and frequent drooling.
3. Sensory impairment
Manifested as visual motor impairment, spatial position perception impairment, inability to distinguish between left and right, frequent wearing of shoes, difficulty in auditory synthesis, and difficulty in visual auditory conversion.
4. Emotional and behavioral disorders
Children with ADHD have unstable emotions, are prone to impulsivity, and have weak self-control over their desires. When excited, they dance and forget themselves, and when faced with setbacks, they may lose their temper and cry. They often take the initiative to argue or fight with their classmates at school, acting impulsively without considering the consequences. Jumping from a high place regardless of danger; When wanting to drink water, regardless of whether the water in the cup is cold or hot, grab it and drink it. These impulses can sometimes lead to catastrophic behavioral outcomes.
5. Social maladjustment
Children with illnesses often exhibit stubborn personalities and are unwilling to be constrained or exclude their peers, making it difficult for them to get along with other children of the same age. Therefore, they often have to find younger children to play games with.
6. Learning difficulties
Although the intelligence of children with ADHD is mostly normal or close to normal, their academic performance is generally poor. Due to their inability to concentrate during class and homework, their emotions are prone to fluctuations, which seriously affects their learning effectiveness. Some perceptual barriers can also lead to learning difficulties, such as visual auditory conversion disorders that make it difficult for children to read, and spatial position perception disorders and inability to distinguish between left and right can make it difficult for children to learn equations and some arithmetic symbols. Learning activities such as writing, drawing, and handicrafts can also be severely affected by these perceptual disorders, with a significant proportion of students with ADHD being repeat students.
The symptoms of ADHD in children are very obvious, and we should pay attention to them. Once we find that a child has the above points, we should actively seek treatment.
